Chapter 83: The Exam Begins!
[May 30th]
[Midterm Exam Day.]
[Even though it's exam day, Scathach still insists on making you wake up early for training.]
[You went through a hellish training session you'd rather forget.]
[However, you were shocked to discover that, while not as exaggerated as you claimed earlier, Scathach had indeed shortened and tightened her gym outfit according to your request.]
[In the empty gym, you trained together with the Queen of the Shadow Land—who was now wearing that tight-fitting gym uniform.]
[...Your mind found it harder to focus, and your efficiency instead dropped.]
[But you still persevered and completed the training quota Scathach set for you.]
"Thinking about it now, the goal I set for you might have been a bit too high—asking you to aim for the top ten right from the start..."
Wearing her extremely tight gym outfit, Scathach's alluring and graceful figure was on full display, radiating an irresistible feminine charm.
She pressed her body close to Eikou, bringing her beautiful and seductive face near his cheek,
"But since you're a warrior I've taken an interest in, surely you can do it, right? Can't you?"
[Scathach flicked her hair and gave you a kiss on the cheek.]
[Your whole body felt light and dizzy, and in that mix of nervousness and anticipation, the troublesome midterm exam finally drew near.]
[Even though you had already given up on any real hope of cheating, you secretly prepared a small cheat sheet just in case.]
[When you arrived at the exam room, the one in charge of checking for contraband was the Dean of Academic Affairs—Lord El-Melloi II.]
[Lord El-Melloi II activated "Discerning Eye" on you.]
[Perform an opposing Agility check to determine whether you successfully smuggled in your cheat sheet.]
Two dice rolled down—the Discerning Eye's value of Lord El-Melloi II was lower, and the smaller the number, the stronger the effect.
[The "Discerning Eye" score of Lord El-Melloi II is D]
[Your Agility score is C]
[Opposed check failed, the cheat sheet you hid in your clothes was discovered by the Dean of Academic Affairs.]
[But fortunately Lord El-Melloi II is a decent person — he only confiscated the cheat sheet and gave you a few admonishments before letting you pass.]
[Although you were not severely punished, your only cheating plan has been ruined (sad).]
After the body check, Eikou carried a bag of stationery into the exam room.
He looked around the seating arrangement and quickly found his place.
Eikou also saw the examinees in the room — many of whom were familiar friends.
The Knights of the Round Table, the Fairy Knights, the Twelve Paladins of Charlemagne, and even the group of French students who had raced against him.
Why are there only English and French people — was this exam room really assigned randomly?
Sitting directly in front of him was even the Knight of the Sun — Gawain.
"Sir Eikou, our luck is great, we got assigned to the same exam room." Gawain said cheerfully.
"Feels no different from being in class..."
Eikou looked at the familiar silhouettes in the exam room.
"Funny, isn't it," Gawain said, "it's rare for us to be seated like this, front and back. Don't you feel that..."
It's come this far; if we don't cheat now, it would be a little wasteful.
Eikou felt the same inwardly.
But he still shook his head and refused Gawain's suggestion.
This cheating business — it's best not to drag friends into it casually. After all, Gawain already has excellent results; if he were caught and given a zero for cheating, that would be a shame.
At that moment, Lord El-Melloi II's stern scolding rang from outside.
It seemed quite a few students intended to cheat, but none could escape his Discerning Eye.
Just hiding items already failed to pass — Eikou could imagine how strict the anti-cheating checks to come would be.
"Looks like cheating is completely out of the question..." he sighed.
"Not necessarily," Gawain explained, "it mainly depends on who the proctors are. If it's someone like Ivan the Terrible — a teacher who likes to sleep during the exam — then anyone in that room could cheat freely."
Immediately after, Lord El-Melloi II's angry shout came again from outside:
"You disappoint me! I can't believe so many people brought forbidden items. If anyone dares to hide a cheat sheet again, I will void that person's exam qualification immediately!"
The examinees in the room flinched, a mixture of fear and pity rising in their hearts for one another.
Let the next unlucky person be sensible and not get caught — that would be lucky.
At that moment—
A blond, muscular man, completely naked, strolled nonchalantly toward Lord El-Melloi II.
It was Roland — whose mental state remained steady as always.
Eikou said, "A master has arrived."
"Dean Lord El-Melloi, as you can see,"
Roland puffed out his chest like a righteous man,
"I despise tricks like hiding cheat sheets. There is absolutely nothing on my person that needs hiding. If you don't believe me, go ahead and search me."
"You could at least cover yourself a bit! And besides, is there anywhere left on your body for me to search?!"
Lord El-Melloi II barked angrily:
"Moreover, you really did bring nothing. Where are your exam tools?"
Roland froze for a moment, but kept his resolute expression: "I accidentally forgot to bring them."
"Then what did you intend by running here naked? Go back and get them!"
Three minutes later.
Roland returned with a bag of stationery — still not wearing any clothes.
"When you went back to get your things, couldn't you have put your clothes on then..."
Lord El-Melloi II clutched his chest, feeling his blood pressure spike again.
"Enough, enough, the exam is about to start, get in now..."
Roland: "No body search, then?"
"I told you, there's nowhere left on you to search! How far do you want people to search your body?!"
Lord El-Melloi II shouted in anger; his tone when furious sounded oddly youthful, almost like a teenager.
[You anxiously await the start of the exam.]
[You silently pray that the proctors assigned to your room will be lax managers — that way there might still be a chance to cheat.]
[If it's Qin Shi Huang or the criminal genius Moriarty — then you're truly doomed.]
[The bell signals; the proctors enter the exam room.]
[Ayo, your exam room this time was assigned three proctors!]
[Zenobia, Murasaki Shikibu, and — the Lostbelt King, Arjuna Alter!]
"What the hell is this?!"
Not only are there three Servant proctors, but one is a Lostbelt King — a level unimaginably high. In that case, forget about cheating!